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“Can Social Media help save Democracy?”
🏅Congratulations to winner & runners up of our Student Blog Competition.
🌟 We are delighted to announce this year’s winner is 16 year old Michaela Amiekhai, from Harris Chobham Academy @harrisinstitute.bsky.social
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*PSA STUDENT BLOG WINNER*
🌟Congratulations to Michaela Amiekhai from Harris Chobham Academy, winner of our 2026 student blog competition in partnership with FT for schools and Shout-Out UK.
➡️ Read the winning blog buff.ly/FRTWayx
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🌟A Window of Opportunity for Feminist Claims? MPs’ Responsiveness to Gender Inequalities in French-Speaking Belgium During COVID-19🌟
By Caroline Close & @clemencedeswert.bsky.social
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How does internal migration affect political life in autocracies? Yuequan Guo & Jiannan Zhao examine how returning migrants in China show higher political efficacy & shifted forms of participation. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/j3YDmft
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How can resilience of democratic procedures, processes & principles be improved? Aurel Croissant & @larslott.bsky.social present a novel conceptualization & measurements of democratic resilience: buff.ly/SAwajGZ (OPEN ACCESS)
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📝 Don't miss this article from #BJPIR - Volume 28, Issue 2 (May 2026)
'Identity, cyber-sovereignty, and Ukraine: Towards an ontological security theory of cyberwarfare' by Roman Kolodii
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What shapes party membership in Hungary’s democratic backslide?
Annamária Sebestyén traces how socialization trajectories in youth lead to party affiliation amid autocratization. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/VwHTfoG
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Does polarization increase violence toward political candidates? Morten Harmening & @donyhu.bsky.social examine how ideological divides fuel aggression in democratic elections. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/hcTBuWh
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Should political parties pick their parliamentary candidates by lottery among members? William Bosworth, Keith Dowding & Adriano Giuliani examine sortition within parties as a guard against elite capture while preserving deliberation. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/BLRVnZO
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📝 Don't miss this #openaccess article from #BJPIR - Volume 28, Issue 2 (May 2026)
'The enemy behind the scenes: How China’s propaganda shores up support for Russia’s war in Ukraine' by Tao Wang & Han-yu Hsu
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